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This looks like a pretty terrible list to me - All of the Reds prospects on the list seem overrated, Yonder Alonso is not on it, and there seem to be a lot of players on it who I doubt most consider top 100 prospects - but it is from Topps/Bowman, so I thought it was worth a mention.

Also, does anyone know if MILB will release a top 50 prospects list this year? Usually it is done much earlier

This looks like a pretty terrible list to me - All of the Reds prospects on the list seem overrated, Yonder Alonso is not on it, and there seem to be a lot of players on it who I doubt most consider top 100 prospects - but it is from Topps/Bowman, so I thought it was worth a mention.

Also, does anyone know if MILB will release a top 50 prospects list this year? Usually it is done much earlier

I wouldn't put much stock into the rankings. Todd Frazier, Juan Francisco and Aroldis Chapman already have cards produced by Topps/Bowman in previous years so there won't be any rush to acquire these cards I don't think. Perhaps Chapman since his card was a WBC card with him pitching for Cuba.

Re: Bowman's Top #100 Prospects

Over the last 732 official at bats, about 4 to 1. That's his at bat total this season including Winter League.

Here are some other stats in that period.

OBP of .329 (minors), .520 (majors briefly), .352 (Winter Ball).

BA of .295 (minors), .429 (majors briefly), .302 (Winter Ball).

43 doubles, 5 triples, 39 homers, 142 RBIs.

As I said in my earlier post, the rankings are missing the boat on this guy. They are not considering his plate coverage ability, which enables him to hit pitches others miss or take. He needs to get comfortable in LF and then he will take off at the major league level.

Re: Bowman's Top #100 Prospects

Over the last 732 official at bats, about 4 to 1. That's his at bat total this season including Winter League.

Here are some other stats in that period.

OBP of .329 (minors), .520 (majors briefly), .352 (Winter Ball).

BA of .295 (minors), .429 (majors briefly), .302 (Winter Ball).

43 doubles, 5 triples, 39 homers, 142 RBIs.

As I said in my earlier post, the rankings are missing the boat on this guy. They are not considering his plate coverage ability, which enables him to hit pitches others miss or take. He needs to get comfortable in LF and then he will take off at the major league level.

He doesn't have plate coverage ability or he wouldn't strike out so much. He can run into some baseballs outside of the zone, but that isn't plate coverage. He expands the zone often and often misses.

Re: Bowman's Top #100 Prospects

Re: Bowman's Top #100 Prospects

Originally Posted by GOYA

Sweet describes Francisco as a bad ball hitter.

Sure, but he is also a bad ball misser. And that is part of the problem. Yes, he can hit the bad ball that a lot of guys can't. That also leads to him missing it a lot more too because he swings at it way too much.

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